Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs - Linden, NJ.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Linden who are dependent on heroin or prescription pain killers. This type of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the overall concept is that individuals are no longer engaged in the drug using behavior that was driven by their addiction due to the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and activates the same receptors in the brain as heroin and other powerful pain killers. This is what makes methadone so effective as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance must dose every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This may be logistically and financially burdensome, but some find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, people starting on methadone maintenance therapy should realize that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detoxification and withdrawal. Once on a high dosage of methadone, there are some detox programs that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients considering detoxification can be so difficult and rates of relapse are very high.

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